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Congratulations on your descent. That route has been on my list for some time. I guess I'll wait for the pictures to decide if it stays on my list. It sounds like conditions were not ideal.

The thing I like about Jack (besides the aesthetics of the peak) is that it's actually a ski trip to get there, not just a backpacking trip. I'm glad it went as a day trip, but I'd prefer camping closer to the peak so you can climb the face earlier in the day. That face catches the sun immediately in t...

I went up HLP today with Don Portman and it was quite a different trip than yours just a few days earlier.  In fact there were completely different snow conditions than yesterday at Table Mtn. There, it was nice mush with a good base all day. Today, even though valley temperatures were not cold at all (47 at 7 AM) the snow above was frozen and stayed that way through much of the day (as forecast, but I didn't believe it). There must have been cold air moving in aloft. This is the first time...

Amar, I know you have the maps so I'll let you figure the numbers if you want something quantitative.  But I will say that this makes a day trip skiing Frostbite Ridge on Glacier Peak (from the pre-washout trailhead) look like a hike from the Space Needle to Queen Anne.

And I'm a big soft teddy bear, don't you know?  A big, cute, cuddly, soft teddy bear.  Somebody give me a hug.

The exit hike saw my eyelids the heaviest they've ever been at the end of a big day. I kept thinking how it seemed quite likely I could close my eyes and stumble down the bank into the creek during the bonus 3.5 mile exit to the bridge.

What were we thinking?

Thanks for the entertaining report, Sky. I'm glad you managed to avoid the creek.

Are you saying that this was your hardest-core trip yet, or did you just get soft the last c...

http://www.turns-all-year.com/skilinksfr.html

According to the above:  Schreiber's Meadow is now closed to Snomobiles.

Sorry the URL does not work.  But it is a link that can be reached from this website in the "access links" section.

Go to "winter recreation" and "more information about snomobiling".  Or take my word for it.

MW8888, Thanks for the great photo of Mt. Tom.  The Rock Creek road is now open to Mosquito Flats, about 10,200' A great place to start skinning.

Ron, I do have a digital camera and have also used my video camera to film the trip's ascents,descents and surrounding terrain.  I just have been too lazy to learn how to post any of the photos.  Is there a Cliff Notes version on how to post photos ?  You have to remember that I am Polish :)

Zap

Ross wrote me about doing this last week. I didn't hear back, which was probably a good thing. Rad line man. Way to go get it.

I've gained the NE ridge from the bowl/cirque on the eastern aspect. I used a right slanting gully which I acessed via this bowl. I followed the stream above the tiny lake down at the foot of the basin up into the first/lower eastern bowl. Then headed up the arm and found the gully. I belive you can't see the acess gully from down in the bowl, you can just see the shelf on which it's located(running on a tilt to the south). This may either help you or confuse you. Good luck.

I was up there with some friends as well this past weekend. The trucks in question didn't appear to be blocking the road.   :)

I've been asked what the current crevasse conditions are like on Mt Baker, so I might as well post a photo here if it will help others. This photo shows glacier conditions above 6500 ft on the south side (upper parts of Deming, Easton, Squak Glaciers).

It appears that on the Deming, Easton, and Squak Glaciers, crevasse conditions are more like mid-June of a typical year. The route appears to be conti...

Do you mean to say those trucks got stuck before the last major snowstorms buried them? How badly are they blocking the road, in case the owners don't arrive promptly to remove them as the road melts out?

Here's my contribution to inbreeding between web sites:

Bergdorfer (or whoever) to the rescue again!  Sauk is a fun little mountain, with easy road access and perfectly reasonable skiing on a variety of aspects.  I like to save it for afternoon skiing during the long days of spring, since I can make it down from Bellingham in less than an hour and a half.  A couple of runs down the back side to the lake and maybe one short shot southeast into the trees before dropping back down the summer trail to the road. That southwest face melts out early (it was...

Zap - someone needs to buy you a digital camera.... <snip>  

I second that, Zap.  It's a shame not to have such great travels chronicled in pictures.  
Nonetheless, I'm certainly happy for you and all your travels.  What a great way to spend winter and spring.  I wanna be just like you guys when I grow up!